This Stanley folding knife lives in my left front jeans pocket and serves as a pocket knife, marking knive, knife wall cutter, etc. It gets stropped on green compound often to stay sharp. This is the same knife Paul Sellers prefers.
This knife locks open and the black tab on the end must be pulled to fold the blade closed. Since the blade does not lock closed, I have always opened it by pinching the blade between my thumb and forefinger and pulling.
Over time, the blade has gotten polished and my grip has weakened making opening the blade more difficult for me. The “duh” moment came recently when I discovered that pulling the black lock release tab also enabled the blade to be opened more easily. This was counterintuitive to me. Not sure that I read the instructions (if any) on the original blister pack.
BTW, this knife really excels at cutting cardboard boxes to fit in the recycle tub (followed by a stropping).
This knife locks open and the black tab on the end must be pulled to fold the blade closed. Since the blade does not lock closed, I have always opened it by pinching the blade between my thumb and forefinger and pulling.
Over time, the blade has gotten polished and my grip has weakened making opening the blade more difficult for me. The “duh” moment came recently when I discovered that pulling the black lock release tab also enabled the blade to be opened more easily. This was counterintuitive to me. Not sure that I read the instructions (if any) on the original blister pack.
BTW, this knife really excels at cutting cardboard boxes to fit in the recycle tub (followed by a stropping).